diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index dc09bcc97..14cb16038 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <property name="ant.home" value="."/>
     <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
     <property name="src.bin.dir" value="src/bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src/main"/>
+    <property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src/main"/>
     <property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
     <property name="docs.dir" value="docs"/>
     <property name="build.dir" value="build"/>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   <!-- =================================================================== -->
   <!-- Creates the distribution                                            -->
   <!-- =================================================================== -->
-  <target name="dist" depends="jar,javadocs">
+  <target name="dist" depends="main,jar,javadocs">
      <mkdir dir="${ant.dist.dir}"/>
      <mkdir dir="${ant.dist.dir}/bin"/>
      <mkdir dir="${ant.dist.dir}/lib"/>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
index f044aa0c0..55e39b0b3 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ public class Main {
             String value = (String)definedProps.get(arg);
             project.setUserProperty(arg, value);
         }
-
+	project.setUserProperty( "ant.file" , buildFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+	
         // first use the ProjectHelper to create the project object
         // from the given build file.
         try {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index 5ef7a8794..0b1aa2186 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public class Project {
             throw new BuildException("Ant cannot work on Java 1.0");
         }
 
-        log("Detected Java Version: " + javaVersion);
+        log("Detected Java Version: " + javaVersion, MSG_VERBOSE);
 
         log("Detected OS: " + System.getProperty("os.name"), MSG_VERBOSE);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
index f0f40ee8c..19b7a2234 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ public class Ant extends Task {
      * Do the execution.
      */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
-	if( antFile==null) throw new BuildException( "ant required antFile property ");
-
         if( dir==null) dir=".";
 	p1.setBasedir(dir);
         p1.setUserProperty("basedir" , dir);
@@ -118,6 +116,8 @@ public class Ant extends Task {
         }
 
 	if (antFile == null) antFile = dir + "/build.xml";
+
+	p1.setUserProperty( "ant.file" , antFile );
         ProjectHelper.configureProject(p1, new File(antFile));
 
         if (target == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
index 5a20bb2cc..43c282596 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class Get extends Task {
     private String source; // required
     private String dest; // required
     private String verbose = "";
+    String ignoreErrors=null;
     
     /**
      * Does the work.
@@ -86,7 +87,21 @@ public class Get extends Task {
 	    File destF=new File(dest);
 	    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destF);
 
-	    InputStream is = url.openStream();
+	    InputStream is=null;
+	    for( int i=0; i< 3 ; i++ ) {
+		try {
+		    is = url.openStream();
+		    break;
+		} catch( IOException ex ) {
+		    project.log( "Error opening connection " + ex );
+		}
+	    }
+	    if( is==null ) {
+		project.log( "Can't get " + source + " to " + dest);
+		if( ignoreErrors != null ) return;
+		throw new BuildException( "Can't get " + source + " to " + dest);
+	    }
+		
 	    byte[] buffer = new byte[100 * 1024];
 	    int length;
 	    
@@ -98,7 +113,8 @@ public class Get extends Task {
 	    fos.close();
 	    is.close();
 	} catch (IOException ioe) {
-	    ioe.printStackTrace();
+	    project.log("Error getting " + source + " to " + dest );
+	    if( ignoreErrors != null ) return;
 	    throw new BuildException(ioe.toString());
 	}
     }
@@ -129,4 +145,13 @@ public class Get extends Task {
     public void setVerbose(String v) {
 	verbose = v;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Don't stop if get fails if set to "<CODE>true</CODE>".
+     *
+     * @param v if "true" then be verbose
+     */
+    public void setIgnoreErrors(String v) {
+	ignoreErrors = v;
+    }
 }